{"product_id":"godhouse-9781632431165","title":"Godhouse","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoems that consider the human body as a meeting place of the infinite and the mortal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starting with the idea that the human experience is the universe looking back at itself, \u003ci\u003egodhouse \u003c\/i\u003etakes the notion a few steps further by centering cosmology within a raced and gendered body. Ruth Ellen Kocher's poems envision this body as a union of god and soul that, within our material world, encompasses love and hate, joy and despair. The body is a site of divine presence made mortal, electrified with the resonance of both the infinite and the human. In \u003ci\u003egodhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, we encounter the body as a site where the universe is made personal and celebratory, where the celestial endure the complications of flesh and friction forms between the glorious and the monstrous aspects of personhood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Ellen Kocher \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seven books: \u003ci\u003eThird Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the PEN Open Book Award; \u003ci\u003eEnding in Planes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGoodbye Lyric: The Gigans and Lovely Gun\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e domina Un\/blue\u003c\/i\u003ed, which won the Dorset Prize and the 2014 PEN\/Open Book Award; \u003ci\u003eOne Girl Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Green Rose Prize; \u003ci\u003eWhen the Moon Knows You're Wandering\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Desdemona's Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and has been named a distinguished professor of English at the University of Colorado. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Omnidawn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50653958734098,"sku":"9781632431165","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c24ce17d-b90b-4b38-887e-7e519af243a3.jpg?v=1733368580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/godhouse-9781632431165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}